Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling ...

An acquaintance of Nomura once said people might assume that the yakuza boss was an “elite salaryman,” if they did not know about his background. Nomura was born in Kokura city, today’s ...

The damages lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Fukuoka District Court, names four defendants including the group’s boss, 83-year-old ... is available when yakuza-related criminal cases result in ...

A former yakuza boss was found to have transferred assets that included two homes to a relative after a high court in a civil case ordered him to pay compensation to a swindling victim.

No one said a pirate’s life is easy, and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii aims to highlight that in the boss fights. If you’re familiar with the Yakuza series, you may be used to the ...